Prairiewood High School
Darug Country
Mere Morsels
Drawing
Graphite pencil on paper
We are what we eat and, equally, what we don’t eat.
Meals act as a class signifier, a core element of identity or celebration of culture. The idiosyncratic elements of my body of work are intended to invite contemplation of one’s heritage and evoke poignant memories. Within the consumerist attitudes and wealthy abundance of my current antipodean homeland, my drawings express a subtle story about my humble Filipino upbringing where simple food is consumed as a source of joy and community, yet never taken for granted. The broken plate represents sociocultural fragmentation and associations with time, place and status.
My artmaking practice has been influenced by the study and interpretation of the artist CJ Hendry.
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